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Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Jul 12, 2008 11:45

Eclipse (Third book in Twilight series)
By Stephenie Meyer

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twilight series, young adult, 2007, werewolves, ***, 21st century, vampires, r2008, stephenie meyer, horror, fiction, washington, high school angst

Comments 33

anonymous July 12 2008, 21:48:06 UTC

Ha! I really love this series, and I can't tell you why. It's funny because I COMPLETELY agreed with everything you said - Edward is a control freak, Bella is annoying and I have no idea why both of these attractive boys are in love with her...yet still for some reason, I love them.

capuu July 13 2008, 00:38:19 UTC

SERIOUSLY, after being peer-pressured into these books around February, the only characters I went away liking were Jasper and Alice. And not for the coupling, for simply who they were and how they came to be there. They were interesting, unlike Romeo and Juliet.

The other day a student mentioned that Twilight was on the assigned summer reading list for her highschool. I cringed inside.

fashion_piranha July 13 2008, 01:48:29 UTC

...why?
Why would you do that to high school students?
(Seriously, isn't this like middle-school level reading? Tops?)

Does Lyn know? I think that would break her heart.

capuu July 13 2008, 17:52:48 UTC

I don't know why. I'm glad I wasn't working with that customer else, I would have been unable to stifle a heavy, exasperated "WHY" myself. Not only the why would a curriculum do this, but what is there to learn from the Twilight series worth grinding into the student mind in a classroom? Will it be a lesson in how not to write? What an undynamic character reads like?

Sometimes I feel like teaching is simply catering to the crabby student(and whiny parent) whim more and more, because there're list with things like Harry Potter and Eragon on'em, too. Instead of assigning the kids something they (gasp!) might not want to read, teachers are settling for what they may naturally be inclined to read, so long as they'll hopefully read something.

alphasunrise July 14 2008, 04:39:26 UTC

Eragon? Well, maybe it was for a class on how not to write a good book....

Finally, someone agrees with me! ext_110519 July 13 2008, 19:38:01 UTC

So glad to see I'm not alone in my dislike of these books...and I'm thrilled that someone finally called Edward a douche bag. Way to go!

anonymous July 22 2008, 20:51:22 UTC

I haven't read any of these books, but the movie is coming out so I was intrigued. Your review makes them sound rather sophmoric and I will probably give them a pass.

http://randomthoughtsandsuggestions.blogspot.com/

linafeo August 3 2008, 22:41:04 UTC

I heard the twilight series is very good. I want to read them but I haven't found a copy yet from bookmooch.

fashion_piranha August 3 2008, 22:42:26 UTC

I think it took me over a year to get a copy of Twilight on Bookmooch. But I did get one eventually, so just keep on trying and one will show up eventually!